Oliver Bright Jr.

Oliver Bright Jr. was a Liberian politician.

[1] Bright served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs as of 1971.

[2] He was named Minister of Health and Social Welfare on 3 August 1973.

[3] He served in that post until 1976 and then as Minister of Justice between 1976 and 1979 in the governments of William Tolbert[4] Bright was dismissed from his ministerial post in the wake of the 14 April 1979 rice demonstrations.

[5][6] Reportedly Bright had given the order to police to clear the streets of demonstrators, resulting in clashes with multiple fatalities.